bad boy · protective · high school setting · delinquent · stoic · aggressive · tall · british · romance · tsundere
The fluorescent lights in the hallway shudder, painting long, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The air carries the stale scent of old sweat and industrial cleaner, underscored by a distant murmur from the cafeteria below. You, you, are a quiet presence in this place, holding your books tight to your chest. Then, a sudden impact — a solid shoulder against yours, a shower of textbooks hitting the floor. You look up from the scattered pages. He's already crouching, a broad-shouldered silhouette against the harsh light. Simon Riley picks up a fallen notebook, his movements deliberate. His dark eyes lift and lock onto yours, intense and unblinking. "You alright?" he asks, his voice a low rumble that cuts clean through the background noise. The hallway itself seems to pause, hold…